A fair point, but as time has gone by, the major differences between these cars have begun to narrow dramatically. The Corvette has always had the ability to soundly thrash an equivalent 911, but it's always lacked the refinement and quality. Now that's changed. The C7 has the refinement and interior. And it can still…

...And that's the point of the comment - to discuss different preferences and why people prefer different things.

Why bother? A simple LS-series engine will do the job just fine for less money and less complexity.

You know, dropping in an LT1 would probably have been simpler. And far sexier.

Well, the idea behind putting up the Me 262 wasn't the effect that it had in individual battles in WWII, but rather the fact that in one fell swoop, it essentially brought the era piston-engined aircraft to an abrupt end, which would dramatically change the way we fought in the air.

...Except for the fact that none of that is true.

See my reply to another commenter. I'm well aware of why it looks the way that it does, but that doesn't change the fact that it is A) inelegant and B) not particularly well suited for any of it's roles.

Not really; not in this instance. The jet was saddled with so many requirements to do so many things that at the end of the day, it's form allows it to have different airframe configurations.

Not yet it can't.

You must be quite young; the Hornet hasn't been around that long. The A-4, A-7, F-8, etc were all single-engine jets. They worked just fine.

If you're going by the measure of since the 70s, that leaves the Tomcat and Hornet/Super Hornet. All else were earlier, and many of their contemporaries that were well-regarded and had long careers were single-engine jets.

That is one inelegant jet...

Historically, most USN carrier-based jets have been single-engined.

I don't know about that. I'm a fan of the Power Plus 105:

So here's your QOTD, Torch: Since this obviously fails to make you think the Enterprise, what car does?

Are we talking first or second generation here?

Having driven both, along with a prior-gen Volvo C70, I can assure you that the 2nd-gen Solara convertible was infinitely superior.

You know, for what it was, the second-gen Solara convertible was actually fantastic. It was meant to be a lazy, soft, and comfortable motorized patio meant to make the most of cruising around top-down on a beautiful day. I have to admit, they did that and did it better than anything else on the market. For that, I…

Dude, I was totally twelve. Give me some credit here.

Though it would eventually be developed into the F/A-18 Hornet and thus live on in some way, I'd say that the original YF-17 Cobra was one of the craziest failed projects from a military standpoint. Developed as a competitor to the extremely successful YF-16, it ultimately lost the competition. It wasn't crazy because…